Hastening Antiques

Hastening Antiques, Ltd. is a direct importer of 18th and 19th century French provincial, Italian, and English furniture, and art objects. Located in the 250 year old village of Middleburg, Virginia, an hour west of Washington DC, in a neighborhood of grand equestrian estates, hunt fields, and celebrated vineyards, we maintain spacious showrooms and interior design studios.

Owner and principal designer, Louis Shields, began collecting and selling French antiques to the English and U.S. markets from his shop in the Cotswalds in 1971. Ten years latter, in 1981 he moved his showrooms to Middleburg. There are extensive restoration workshops at his nearby 18th century farm.